Hair-cutter



W. G. MUSPRATT.

Hm CUTTER. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4, I920.

1,382,377. nt 2 i921--.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES WALTER c... srnA'r'r, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HAIR-comma.

Specification of Letters Patent- Patented June 21, 192 1.

Application filed February 4, 1920. Serial No. 356,189.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER G. MUSPRATT a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful ple in construction and operation which may be conveniently used in cutting the human hair and which may be readily adjusted so,

that the hair may be trimmed to any desired length and out without breaking or excessively pulling the hair.

The invention contemplates the use of a comb-like member upon the opposite sides of which are clamped cutting blades, said blades being readily adjusted in relation to the-end of the comb teeth and-"at the same time adjusted longitudinally of the comb.

The invention is illustrated in the accompany drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the cutter showing the cutting member in its operative position and also indicating by dotted lines the manner in which the cutter may be moved when the comb is to be cleaned.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in transverse section as seen on the line 22 of Fig. 1 and illustrating the manner in which the cutter blades are mounted and adjustably held.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a comb member which may be of any desired length and design and the back of which is here shown as cut away to form a guide surface 11 at the opposite ends of which are recesses 12 and 13, respectively. These recesses are formed by overhanging fingers 14 and 15 which act to retain a fastening clip 16 in position when a cutting operation is bein performed. The guide face 11 is parallel with the termi nating end of teeth 17 and thus will maintain the clip in a definite relation thereto as the clip slides lengthwise of the comb.

The clip comprises a pair of jaws 18 and 19 held together by a cylindrical spring member 20. This spring member is formed with openings 21 through which fingers 22 of the respective jaws may project and by which the tension of the spring may be re- ;material is preferably rubber and is sisted and the jaws swung outwardly. In Fig 2 1t w1ll be seen that the jaws rest against pads of resilient material 23. This provlded for a purpose hereinafter to be set PATENT OFFICE.

forth. Beneath the rubber pads are cutting blades '24.. These blades are of the style commonly used on safety razors and have a very keen edge terminating in a desired "relation to the points of the comb teeth 17.

It will be readily seen that by relieving the pressure of the jaws upon the blades at the opposite sides of the comb these blades may be adjusted sothat their cutting edges may "be a desired distance from the points of the combteeth. V

In operation of the present invention, the clip and blades are usually shifted over the inclined face of finger 15 and up along the back of the comb where they may be more easily adjusted. By pressure on the exten- SlOIlS 22 the jaws will be relieved from the pads 23 and the blades may be moved out or in so that they will be in any desired spaced relation to the ends of the comb teeth. ,After this has been done the clip and blades may be readily shifted down until the back of the spring 20 rests firmly against guide face 11 ofthe comb, in which position the spring may be locked beneath 14.- and 15. It will be understood that due to the frictional contact between the blades and the pads there will be no displacement of the blades while they are being moved longitudinally. The hair may then be cut by the usual combing action and the hair trimmed to any desired length as determined by the angle at which the cutter is held relative to the cutting stroke and also the adjustment of the cutting blade relative to the ends of the teeth. As the cutting stroke is made there may be an excessive amount of hair caught by the cutting edge of the blade and in order to prevent the hair from being broken off the resilient pads 23 will permit a yield of the cutting blades and will give what might be termed a spring out. When trimming the hair around the ears, it may be desirable to shift the cutter to its extreme position near the end of the comb and it will be understood that the hair may be out on either side of the head by alternately using the two cutter blades. The comb is preferably formed of metal and its surface is slightly roughened to prevent the slippage of the cutter when clamped in po- The, comb teeth may then be easily cleaned.

It'willthus'be een-that the cutter herein disclosed, while, decidedly simple and inexpensive in construction, at the same time provides convenient means for cutting hair and insuringthat it will be cut in a neat manner without in any way detracting from the appearance of the head of hair or damaging the hair.

While I have shown the preferred form j comb, the back of which is formed with a guide face parallel to the ends of the teeth of the comb fingers overhanging the oppoof my invention as now known to me, it willbe understood that various changesmay be made in the combination, construction and arrangement of parts those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.v

Having thus described my invention, what claim, and desire to secure'by Letters Patent, is: l

1. A hair cutting device including a cutting blade, acomb having a. recessed guide and stop forthe back of the clip, parallel with the ends of the teeth, and with overhanging flanges at the end ofthe guide, a I

clip consisting of opposed: holding jaws and elastic compressing means and resilient pads, against which the jaws, rest: a

2. In a hair cutting device thecharac-f mit the ter described a cutting blade, acomb having recessed guide and stop for the back of the clip, aclip consisting of opposed holding jaws, a cylindrical compressing spring acting upon the jaws, said spring having slots cut in the opposites of the curve to ad- 7 passage of the projecting ends of the jaws.

' 3. A hair cutting device comprising a comb, the back of which is formed with a guide, face parallel to the ends of-the teeth of the comb-fingers overhanging the opposite ends of said guide face and terminating in spaced relation to each other", a clamp member of greater length than the distance between said fingers and adaptedto be po- 'sitionedtherebeneath and guided along said face, and a cutting blade held against a side ofthe comb by said clamp.

4, A hair cutting device comprising a sitioned therebeneath and guided along said face, a pair of cutting blades, one of which is disposed each side of the comb to be held by the clamp and resilient pad mem-- bers interposed between the jaws of the clamp and said blades.

WALTER G, MUSPRATT. Witnesses: a V V r W. W. HEALEY, I

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